Hazzard County Stunt Show headlines fair

Based on 1970s 'Dukes of Hazzard' television series

September 3, 2014

MARIETTA - Characters from the popular 1970s television show "The Dukes of Hazzard" returned to action Monday night at the Northeast Ohio Dukes Hazzard County Stunt Show at the Washington County Fair Monday night.

"Bo" and "Luke Duke," driving General Lee, the cousins' infamous orange-and-black 1969 Dodge Charger, gave Boss Hogg and Deputy Enos the chase of their lives during the two-hour event that included airborne vehicles crashing onto the track at the fairgrounds grandstand.

"We've been watching the television series since it came out in the 1970s and I still watch it. I really like Daisy Duke," said Shawn Thomas, 45, of Marietta.

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Photo by Sam ShawverThe General Lee performs Monday night at the Washington County Fair.

Tara Hopkins, 42, also of Marietta, agreed.

"I just always liked the Duke boys," she said.

Stephanie Henderhan of Marietta watched the show with her husband.

"We grew up with the Dukes on TV," she said. "But this is the first time we've seen the stunt show."

Matt Miller and Bill Bartholomew, both of Cortland, Ohio, have been photographing the stunt show with still and video cameras since it began in 2007.

"We started off just doing jump stunts with the General Lee, and later we wrote a script to make the show like an episode of the television series," Miller said. "We do the show all over Ohio. Last year we did four shows, and this year we're doing two."

Bartholomew said each year's show takes three to four months to prepare.